Summary
This host is installed with Internet Explorer and is prone to Information Disclosure vulnerability.
Impact
Successful attacks which may leads to the exposure of system information on the affected system.
Impact Level: System
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The weakness is due to an Internet Explorer including the first 63 bytes of the file path in the 'Title' property when converting local HTML or MHT files to PDF using a PDF printer. This can lead to the exposure of certain system information e.g. the user name.
Affected
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6/7/8 on Windows.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37362/
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-4073 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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